Winter Olympics 2018: The closing ceremony

Winter Olympics closing ceremony

Olympic mascots stand by a snow globe during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Fireworks explode behind the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

DJ Martin Garrix performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Olympic mascots and a young girl participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Performers carry lights during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Fireworks explode over the Olympic flame during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

EXO performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Fireworks explode behind the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Artists perform during the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games, Pyeongchang.

Pita Taufatofua of Tonga waves during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

EXO performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach (C) poses with athletes during the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games.

Artists perform during the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Athletes from various nations including Pita Taufatofua, of Tonga, at left, United States' Lindsey Vonn, third from left, and Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, fifth from left, pose during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Artists perform during the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae In (L) during the closing ceremony.

Ski racer Lindsey Vonn of the United States reacts during the Closing Ceremony.

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach (L) delivers his speech next to Hee-beom Lee, President & CEO of PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games during the Closing Ceremony.

Canadian short-track speed skater Kim Boutin leads team Canada into the Olympic stadium carrying the Canadian flag during the closing ceremonies.

It was a combination of K-pop, culture, the past and the present when the 2018 Winter Olympics wrapped up in Pyeongchang.

Pyeongchang organisers vowed the Olympic Stadium, would be be "filled with the roar of compliments and the applause of friendship" – and they weren’t wrong.

A giant snow globe bearing the games’ mascots, 400 performers come in holding LED balls in their hands and a thumping EDM soundtrack closed out the ceremony as athletes partied into the fireworks-drenched night.

The presence of US president Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka at the closing ceremony prompted all manner of conspiracy theories.